Element stock = DocumentFactory.getInstance().createElement( "stock" );
stock.addElement( "tradeSymbol" ).setText( "IBM" );
Element val = stock.addElement( "currentValuation" ).addElement( "valuation" );
val.appendContent( stock );
val.addElement( "valuationDate" ).setText( new java.util.Date().toString() );
val.addElement( "value" ).setText( "121.00" );
dom4j.save( Stock.class.getName(), stock );
dom4j.flush();